Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you. Carbon intensity is a relative indicator. It indicates nothing with regard to the total quantity of greenhouse gases emitted. As Mr. Boyd said, we in Canada have increased our emissions by reducing our carbon intensity and, if there are no limits, carbon intensity can

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'm sorry, what are you calling air caps?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Oh yes. The cap is there just for the market to get a certain price and to achieve a goal. If you don't put on caps, you will never get an economic incentive to reduce, really, because anything goes. You can see that markets that work without a fixed cap will not bring interest,

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The Kyoto Protocol is like a practice for the actual game. In actual fact, it isn't a final agreement. As Prof. Boyd said, to combat climate change, we have to achieve global objectives in the order of 25 billion tonnes, and Canada in all that only constitutes a very small part.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I'll give you a very simple example. The Quebec plan, like the Canadian measures retained from the old Canadian plan, recommends raising ethanol levels in gasoline to 10%. When you don't take into account the life cycle of ethanol, ethanol production doesn't directly reduce green

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The solutions are effective only if they result in the closing of plants that are already producing greenhouse gases and atmospheric pollution. The example that I gave earlier was purely hypothetical. If we link Churchill Falls or any new hydroelectric dam and that results in the

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  No, not necessarily. The Quebec government has developed a plan, which is its third since 1998. That plan provides for measures designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at various levels. However, the government doesn't have the necessary tools to do that. For example, the pla

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you. The year 2050 is tomorrow morning. When you establish a power station, whether it's a gas-fired or coal-fired station or something else, you have to know that it will have an economic life of at least 50 years. So current decisions already have an impact on the situat

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes, I can.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I can continue in English, very fast. The year 2050 is a very short period of time when we speak about energy, because if you are installing a facility today, it will still emit greenhouse gases in 2050. As for the cars for which it's a ten-year period, for the electrical facili

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  All right. The first step must be a stabilization limit. Emissions are still increasing year after year, and that's definitely not a good sign. The government will therefore first have to set a limit in the context of which we will recognize the need not to exceed the emissions l

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  All right, Mr. Chairman. That's an extremely important question. Indeed, one of the reasons for Canada's failure is its desire to adopt an approach that's equal for everyone, on the ground that it's more equitable to be equal with players who are unequal. We clearly have to ens

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I've been asked to talk about climate change. I think we should note last week's publication of the IPCC's fourth report on climate change. It's clear that the scientists' message, in the form of this fourth IPCC report, is a stronger message than that o

Environment committee  There are two major differences between Europe and us. The first is that Europe has included under its umbrella countries from the former Soviet Union which had already achieved reductions. For example, East Germany had practically acquired half a billion tonnes, which enabled Ge